Preferred Label : neuroaspergillosis;
MeSH definition : Infections of the nervous system caused by fungi of the genus ASPERGILLUS, most commonly
ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS. Aspergillus infections may occur in immunocompetent hosts,
but are more prevalent in individuals with IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES. The organism
may spread to the nervous system from focal infections in the lung, mastoid region,
sinuses, inner ear, bones, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, and heart. Sinus infections
may be locally invasive and enter the intracranial compartment, producing MENINGITIS,
FUNGAL; cranial neuropathies; and abscesses in the frontal lobes of the brain. (From
Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1998, Ch 27, pp62-3);
MeSH synonym : neuroaspergilloses;
MeSH hyponym : aspergillosis, nervous system invasive; Nervous System Invasive Aspergillosis;
MeSH annotation : coord IM with species (IM) and specific site/dis term (IM) if pertinent;
Origin ID : D020953;
UMLS CUI : C0752342;
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Infections of the nervous system caused by fungi of the genus ASPERGILLUS, most commonly
ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS. Aspergillus infections may occur in immunocompetent hosts,
but are more prevalent in individuals with IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES. The organism
may spread to the nervous system from focal infections in the lung, mastoid region,
sinuses, inner ear, bones, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, and heart. Sinus infections
may be locally invasive and enter the intracranial compartment, producing MENINGITIS,
FUNGAL; cranial neuropathies; and abscesses in the frontal lobes of the brain. (From
Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1998, Ch 27, pp62-3)
